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Wall Elevation of Bedroom Alcove
Pierre Ransonca. 1780
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Elevation of a section of a painted wall showing an alcove at center hung with tasseled draperies above a day bed with blue pillows. Predominate color scheme is white, blue and gold. Trophies on side walls include quivers, arrows, swords, ribbons and doves, possibly indicating a theme of love.
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Details
- Title: Wall Elevation of Bedroom Alcove
- Creator: Pierre Ranson
- Creator Lifespan: 1736/1786
- Date Created: ca. 1780
- Type: Drawing
- Rights: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
- Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and watercolor, gouache, graphite on white laid paper
- Provenance: Collection of Leon Decloux (acquired by him after 1906)
- Paper Support: White laid paper
- Exhibitions: Milan, Italy - 17 A Triennale di Milano, "Il Progetto Domestico", January 16 - March 23, 1986.Brooklyn, NY - The Brooklyn Museum, "Art of Decoration. Drawings and Objects from the Cooper-Hewitt Museum", December 18, 1973 - February 3, 1974. cat. no. 112, p. 49.London, England - Victoria & Albert Museum/The Arts Council of Great Britain, "An American Museum of Decorative Arts and DEsgin. Designs from the Coper-Hewitt Collection, New York," June 14 - August 1973. cat. no. 112, p. 49.New York, NY - East Side Settlement House, Winter Antiques Show, 67th St. Armory, "Salute to Cooper-Hewitt Museum", January 21 - 30, 1972. cat. no. 64.
- Dimensions: 28.5 x 47.2 cm (11 1/4 x 18 9/16 in.)
- Bibliography: Thornton, Peter, "Authentic Decor". London: 1984, George Wedienfeld & Nicolson Ltd., 1984, p. 172, pl.216.
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